Space telescope Vampire 9 has taken an intriguing photo of the surface of our next door neighbour Mars. In the photo, there seems to be a shape very vaguely resembling some sort of a face. Scientists speculate that, in some special cases, this might be just the kind of shape that gasses draw on the surface of the planet as they escape the crust.

Researchers from the multinational Mars History team say, “when those gasses mix with various metals in high pressures but low temperatures, they might form very unpredictable patterns. Furthermore the reaction would need high electric charge in the atmosphere. Such conditions might occur during an “earthquake” combined with high voltage such as in a lightning or during some type of a solar storm.” This explanation is still considered the most complete. Of course, so far we haven’t witnessed any quakes on Mars or any kind of thunderstorm.

Head of the research team [name deleted] reminds us that the human brain excels at seeking patterns out of chaos. We see shapes and forms eventhought there are none. He is of course referring to the “butt in a cloud” -syndrome. This of course suggests, that there is no reason to consider this phenomena being somekind of makings of some foreign civilisation.

The picture is of low quality and is nowhere near enough in focus to draw any kind of definitive conclusions. The telescope was using its infrared, visible and invisible light sensors to capture this composite photo (see below).

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